Harvest Review: Argentina
The harvest is just beginning in Argentina, the southernmost tea growing region in the world. This year November temperatures were unusually cool at the beginning of spring in the Southern Hemisphere.
Harvest Review: Argentina
The harvest is just beginning in Argentina, the southernmost tea growing region in the world. This year November temperatures were unusually cool at the beginning of spring in the Southern Hemisphere.
Inspiring enthusiasts to refine their taste in tea
Modern Tea Trends Take a Decidedly Victorian Turn in London
The quintessentially English custom of afternoon tea is experiencing a serious renaissance in London with dozens of hotels and tea salons offering both traditional services and those updated for a modern palate and sensibility.
For the Hostess, Tea is the New Wine
Looking for that perfect hostess gift? According to many experts, tea may be just as good a choice as wine—if not a better one.
For Teaware Collectors, An Insider’s Tour in Asia
Antiques Diva & Co. a custom antiques tour service is expanding to offer locales that will be of particular interest to true tea lovers: Six Asian locales.
Piping Hot
Tradition meets technology in the hottest thing to happen to bone china in recent history: a built-in heater. Glowstone is a heated smart mug created to conquer the task of keeping your tea or other hot beverage at optimum temperature.
Tea Towel Treasures
A new launch from those creative minds at Spoonflower brings Roostery to the marketplace, offering custom home décor, including tea towels, placemats, napkins, throw pillows and even occasional chairs.
Celebrating a Tea Party Artifact in Boston
Celebrate tea history and the American colonists’ protest against British rule at the Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum.
The Sweetest Sugar
The sugar cube has evolved quite a bit and, although it’s not as commonly used as other forms of sweetener, it remains a nicety that makes any tea tray or table a bit more special.
Brewing Euphoria
For tea lovers who appreciate the complexity of tea—and have $1,500 to spend—the new Teforia machine employs advanced machine-learning to take tea’s thousands of years of history and modernizes it for today.
The Wall
These exquisite teas make perfect samplers to tantalize the palette. From shop favorites to a collection of chai Cornelia Bean will customize your order. Enhance the experience further, infuse these teas in the beautifully hand crafted glass tea infuser, The Wall.
ORIGINS: Japan’s Higashiyama Tea Grass Gardens
In the foothills of Mt. Fuji lies the village of Higashiyama where Chagusaba agriculture, a UN-designated Globally Important World Agricultural Heritage System, is a way of life for tea farmers.
Green Tea Supplements under Scrutiny in Europe
The European Food Safety Association (EFSA) is under renewed pressure from the European Commission to investigate the safety of concentrated green tea catechins in supplements.
Weighing the Promises of Tea’s Weight-Loss Benefits
Although there’s certainly some evidence, and lots of hype, that the catechins and/or epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) in green tea promotes better weight management, the number of human studies in this field is still quite limited.
Holiday Teas
Tea vendors make something special of the holidays with seasonal blends, special gift tins and packaging and scented teas to warm the home.
Being a Moderate Tea Drinker May Have Heart Benefits
Being a moderate tea drinker may help you fight the progression of coronary artery calcium and reduce your risk of incidents that cause damage to the heart muscle.
HARVEST REVIEW 2016: Indonesia The Evergreen Islands of Tea
Of the thousands of islands in Indonesia, just two make up the heartland for tea production: Sumatra, the largest of […]
Ju Pu Cha
The uplifting citrusy aroma from dried tangerine is deftly balanced with the plummy, earthy and glowing vintage puer.
Brewer Magic
Shopping for a brewer? Tea Journey covers the globe looking for innovative and advanced tea brewers to make every kind of team from matcha to machine-learning internet operated models.
Caffeine May Lower Older Women’s Risk of Dementia
New research indicates that drinking many cups of tea a day can reduce the onset of dementia and Alzheimer’s in older women.
Tea Cultivated 3,000 Years Before The Pyramids
Archaeologists digging in the Tianluo Mountains near Ningbo, in Zhejiang province, China, have traced the origin of tea to around 3,000 years before the first pyramids.
Kanchenjunga: Five Treasures of the Great Snow Mountain
Parts of Nepal, Tibet, India and Bhutan are within view of Mt. Kanchenujunga a majestic icon whose five peaks look down on famous tea gardens in Darjeeling, Sikkim, Kalimpong, Pedong, Ilam, Hile and Taplejung.
Four Symbols Premium Chinese Tea
Four Symbols teas are sourced in the unique tea lands of China, harmonizing the artisanship of man with nature to produce authentic specialty loose-leaf tea.
Palette for Your Palate
Thirty world-renowned chefs and mixologists were challenged to create a recipe for a tea entrée, tea dessert and tea cocktail, drawing inspiration from Tealeaves’ teabag collection and one out of 10 PANTONE colors.
Mary Cotterman: Entranced by the Spinning Wheel
At a very young age, Cotterman developed a passion for pottery, making pinch pots in the rocky Texas dirt of her yard. By the age of 12, she had her first formal experience with a throwing wheel during a summer camp class.
Wuyi’s Rock Tea: Treasure Mountain
Long into the night tea grower Yihua Luo keeps a watchful eye over the new harvest roast. It is the critical final stage of the most intricate processing technique of any tea. He hasn’t slept in 32 hours.
The Timeless Perfection of Yixing Teapots
In the households of Yixing, home of the celebrated purple clay teapots, ordinary potters are crafting something extraordinary.
Mammoth Tusk Teaset
Apple Computer designer Marc Newson recently unveiled a five-piece mammoth-ivory tea set for Georg Jensen, a Danish metalware brand.
Whimsical Tea Fish
Charm Villa’s whimsical tea bags are constructed of a Japanese fabric that requires 16 steps to make by hand.
In Search of the Elusive Tai Ping Hou Kui
Every tea taster dreams of discovering a remote, virtually inaccessible growing region producing exceptional tea. The discovery of Tai Ping Hou Kui was just such an experience for us.
A Call for Standards
The last decade has seen a boom in what the industry calls ‘Specialty Tea’, but if you ask for a definition you will come away confused.
What is so special about ‘Specialty Tea’?
A Rendezvous with Chance
Patterns in glazed tea bowls from the imperial Jianyao Kiln are “mysterious, sacred and transcendent” and some of the most celebrated national treasures in Japan.
Chigusa: Ancient Japanese Diaries as an Art of Tea
Particularly fine items used in these Japanese tea rituals were designated as meibutsu, or revered objects, by the tea men. Chigusa is a meibutsu tea jar and one of the most famous of several hundred antique ceramic storages jars still in existence.
Tea is the New Wine
Think of your personal relationship to wine. When you first discovered wine and how you learned to appreciate it. Most importantly, retrace how you learned about wine and why a particular wine became your favorite. Now, imagine rediscovering that awakening, education and discovery. It is time for Grand Cru Tea.
Where Trees Become Teas and Strangers Friends
Happenstance along a muddy uphill trail in Xishuangbanna leads to a long-time friendship sharing tea.
Tea Mixology
Tea is a flexible botanical that belongs behind the bar and can inspire a mixologist from many directions. The role of tea continuously evolved in Modern craft cocktails.
Is that Cream in Your Tea or Tea in Your Cream?
Like a kaleidoscope of flavor, with each permutation of tea and dairy, a winning new combination comes into focus.
New Zealand’s Tea Evolution
New Zealanders are determined tea drinkers ranking 6th worldwide in per capita consumption. Supermarket teas dominate but offerings have evolved beyond canisters of traditional loose-leaf blends. Artisan merchants and entrepreneurs have found their niche in specialty tea blends so expect further expansion and innovation.
Garden Hopping in Queensland
Visitors to the Northern Queensland, Australia, can still find a handful of tea estates in an area called the ‘Wet Tropics’ – go there before the rest of the world catches on and lose yourself in the peacefulness and timelessness of a heritage that’s gone but not forgotten.
Tea and Heart Health: Benefits of Long-Term Consumption
Studies show the benefits of regular tea drinking can prevent arterial stiffening, reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases like heart failure and stroke.
The Key to Weight Loss: Is it Caffeine or Tea Itself?
Connections have been shown in the past between caffeine-containing beverages and weight loss. But what is it that actually produces the result? In the case of tea, is it the caffeine or is it the tea?
Tea for Stronger Teeth?
Is the fluoride in tea guilty of dental problems?
Using Green Tea to Block Starch Absorption
How does green tea prevent obesity?
A Cuppa Day for Better Heart Health
Even one cup of tea a day may be good for your heart’s health.
Too Hot to Handle?
If you drink your tea very hot, that may increase your risk of cancer, according to a World Health Organization research agency.
Green Tea Promising for Treating Adult Acne
Decaffeinated green tea extract (GTE) shows some promise in treating adult women with acne.
If Drinking Tea While Pregnant or Breastfeeding, Moderation Is the Word
The risk from caffeine to humans during pregnancy is low but present.
Pile-fermentation: The Catalyst that Creates Shou Puer
The 45-day pile-fermentation process involves moistening large stacks of sun-dried crude tea leaves. The leaves are piled high and carefully monitored to produce a dark composted tea known as Shou Puer.
Puer Peanut Butter Cheesecake
puer and peanut butter, a combination made in gastronomic heaven that celebrates both the savoury and sweet profile of both ingredients simultaneously.
Puer Chazuke (tea over cooked rice)
Experiment puer with simple Asian style stir fry. Vegan friendly.
HARVEST REVIEW 2016
Tea Journey’s first annual harvest review gives you the big picture on the global tea business in 2016 along with insider information from local experts on some of the year’s most interesting teas. Especially for tea enthusiasts in the West, we hope this issue brings you a step or two closer to your favourite tea gardens – and your next new favourites!